TFA: Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled Devyani Khobragade had diplomatic immunity at the time of her indictment on visa fraud and underpaying her housekeeper.

How cute -- reading the order -- she was given a position by India on the 8th that gave her diplomatic immunity. The indictment came on the 9th. She didn't have diplomatic immunity when she was arrested, nor did she have it when committing the crimes.

nmrsnr:AverageAmericanGuy: My understanding is that the police in America can do anything they want and resisting them is illegal. The only recourse you have is to sue them after the fact.

This is just plain false. Why do people conflate capability with authority? It's like saying "my understanding is that in America people can break into your house, beat you up, and steal your stuff. The only recourse you have is to press charges against them afterwards."

Police can't do whatever they want, and you are legally allowed to stop them from doing anything outside the scope of their authority.

Spoken as a person who has not managed to read and comprehend how the police truly behave and how the system is rigged for them and theirs.

ReverendJynxed:Oooh shifting goal-posts. Haven't seen that in a while on fark.

I'd contend that it's shifting goalposts. I said you're allowed to stop a police officer from doing something outside their legal authority, to me, not opening a door when they demand it of you fits that bill. True, using physical force also fits that bill, and is unacceptable, but my original statement didn't say you could use any conceivable means of stopping them. But fine, I may have been too broad in my original statement. The point that there is a vast difference between what the police are capable of doing in this country and what they are allowed to do in this country still stands.

Just because they do do it doesn't mean that it's okay by the rules.

gja:Spoken as a person who has not managed to read and comprehend how the police truly behave and how the system is rigged for them and theirs.

Like I said just because they do do it doesn't mean that it's okay by the rules.

lemortede:I honestly dont know why this was even an issue.The worker was not an US citizen. Why in the world would we expect an Indian citizen to pay another Indian citizen US wages just because they are in the US working as an agent of their government.

lemortede:I honestly dont know why this was even an issue.The worker was not an US citizen. Why in the world would we expect an Indian citizen to pay another Indian citizen US wages just because they are in the US working as an agent of their government.Stupid. The cost of labor is so cheap over there the person was probably happy to have a freaking job.

Ok, cool. We'll have one minimum wage for American citizens, and another, rock bottom one for foreigners working in this country, since you know, they come from shiatholes anyway. I'm sure there will be no problems or abuses stemming from this system, and the American lower classes won't complain about their labor being undercut at all.

How about this? If the Indian government official wasn't being paid enough as a diplomat to hire a maid in the US, maybe she could....I dunno, clean her own apartment?

Barricaded Gunman:FTFA: "This is the happiest moment of our lives. I have always maintained that this entire issue was a lie. The work done by our foreign affairs ministry is admirable," Mr Khobragade told BBC Hindi.

You DO understand that your daughter wasn't acquitted of the crime she was accused of right? The "happiest moment of your life" is the day you were able to game the system to get your evil spawn off on a technicality?

Please remember that some filthy Americans got to stare at your precious daughter's junk. Nothing your foreign affairs ministry can do about that.

The law here says you can resist excessive force by police. An illegal arrest on its own does not excuse resistance. Excessive force making a legal arrest does. I believe this to be the standard rule in America.

There was a case out of Georgia where the court ruled reasonable but mistaken belief that the person breaking in was there illegally did not excuse shooting a police officer making a lawful entry. The defendant pleaded guilty to get a life sentence instead of death.

Was reading that this case and that the former nanny is suing for the $10000 she would have received based on employment contract issued to State Department for her visa, which is very different from the 30000 rupees ($490) she was offered per month in a second contract.If the Indian government has no problem with their US based employees paying Indian staff a nonstandard wage, then would the stick up for H1B employees being paid based on their domestic rate?

All2morrowsparTs:Fusilier: EdNortonsTwin: nmrsnr: AverageAmericanGuy: My understanding is that the police in America can do anything they want and resisting them is illegal. The only recourse you have is to sue them after the fact.

And most Americans Jaywalk, cross against the lights blow through stop signs on their bikes, and speed on the freeways, lie to their mothers and cheat at solitaire. Almost all of that is illegal.

Lots of legal experts in this thread.You are "legally" allowed to do only what the future judge and/or jury agrees you were legally allowed to do.Want to resist the cops? You take the chance that some judge isn't going to agree with you and you will suffer the consequences.

ZAZ:Suits against somebody with diplomatic immunity can not be maintained until after immunity is lost. She got temporary immunity, for one day, as a "counselor" to the UN. That day was enough to have charges temporarily dropped. She can be re-indicted now that she does not have immunity.

I am tempted to expel the UN as too much trouble, but I imagine American intelligence agencies like having all those people under surveillance.

"It's better to have them inside the wigwam, pissing out, than outside the wigwam, pissing in."

Need_MindBleach:lemortede: I honestly dont know why this was even an issue.The worker was not an US citizen. Why in the world would we expect an Indian citizen to pay another Indian citizen US wages just because they are in the US working as an agent of their government.Stupid. The cost of labor is so cheap over there the person was probably happy to have a freaking job.

Ok, cool. We'll have one minimum wage for American citizens, and another, rock bottom one for foreigners working in this country, since you know, they come from shiatholes anyway. I'm sure there will be no problems or abuses stemming from this system, and the American lower classes won't complain about their labor being undercut at all.

How about this? If the Indian government official wasn't being paid enough as a diplomat to hire a maid in the US, maybe she could....I dunno, clean her own apartment?

Have you even been out of the US.Don't get me wrong, I think that the wealth gap in India is obscene, but is it really our place to impose anything?The mentality that we have here in the US is astounding."Oh, we think it should be that way so the whole world should do it that way too."

Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled Devyani Khobragade had diplomatic immunity at the time of her indictment on visa fraud and underpaying her housekeeper.

and

"This is the happiest moment of our lives. I have always maintained that this entire issue was a lie."

Are NOT the same thing. At all. The judge didn't rule that your case was without merit, didn't throw out the evidence, etc. It was just decided that you had immunity. This doesn't mean that ANYTHING was a "lie".

lemortede:Need_MindBleach: lemortede: I honestly dont know why this was even an issue.The worker was not an US citizen. Why in the world would we expect an Indian citizen to pay another Indian citizen US wages just because they are in the US working as an agent of their government.Stupid. The cost of labor is so cheap over there the person was probably happy to have a freaking job.

Ok, cool. We'll have one minimum wage for American citizens, and another, rock bottom one for foreigners working in this country, since you know, they come from shiatholes anyway. I'm sure there will be no problems or abuses stemming from this system, and the American lower classes won't complain about their labor being undercut at all.

How about this? If the Indian government official wasn't being paid enough as a diplomat to hire a maid in the US, maybe she could....I dunno, clean her own apartment?

Have you even been out of the US.Don't get me wrong, I think that the wealth gap in India is obscene, but is it really our place to impose anything?The mentality that we have here in the US is astounding."Oh, we think it should be that way so the whole world should do it that way too."

Everybody arrested and sent to jail is strip searched to make sure they aren't bringing in drugs or weapons.

She did in fact commit a crime that was not related to her official duties and did not have diplomatic immunity at the time of her arrest (but her government gave it to her before she could be indicted).

Mell of a Hess:ZAZ: Suits against somebody with diplomatic immunity can not be maintained until after immunity is lost. She got temporary immunity, for one day, as a "counselor" to the UN. That day was enough to have charges temporarily dropped. She can be re-indicted now that she does not have immunity.

I am tempted to expel the UN as too much trouble, but I imagine American intelligence agencies like having all those people under surveillance.

"It's better to have them inside the wigwam, pissing out, than outside the wigwam, pissing in."

All2morrowsparTs:Fusilier: EdNortonsTwin: nmrsnr: AverageAmericanGuy: My understanding is that the police in America can do anything they want and resisting them is illegal. The only recourse you have is to sue them after the fact.

This is just plain false. Why do people conflate capability with authority? It's like saying "my understanding is that in America people can break into your house, beat you up, and steal your stuff. The only recourse you have is to press charges against them afterwards."

Police can't do whatever they want, and you are legally allowed to stop them from doing anything outside the scope of their authority.

Police perform illegal searches all the time and get away with it despite swearing to uphold the Constitution - IV Amendment be damned.

Politicians don't do very well with the Constitution either. Don't like a law? Just farkin' ignore it.

/illegal aliens ftw.

And most Americans Jaywalk, cross against the lights blow through stop signs on their bikes, and speed on the freeways, lie to their mothers and cheat at solitaire. Almost all of that is illegal.

Americans should be pissed at this. She was put through nothing more then the average american citizen who was arrested that same day.

No, we shouldn't. Hey, I'm all for preserving dignity as much as possible, but when you're processed into a detention center, they absolutely should strip-search you to find and remove weapons and contraband, but also so that everyone knows exactly what condition you were in when you got there.

Full disclosure: when I worked at a psych hospital, we did "strip searches" of new patients. Myself and another (male) staffer went with the kid (the unit was for 12-18 year old boys) to the bathroom, where the kid stripped off to his boxers. We went through their pockets, made note of any visible bruises or marks, handed back the clothing and left while they got dressed, no physical contact with the patient allowed (excepting exigent circumstances, obviously).

It's probably a different process for detention centers, but done for the same reasons.

Unless you can figure a different way to make that happen, while also explaining why a place ostensibly built to house the accused (and/or convicted) should not make absolutely sure that no one is bringing in weapons or contraband, it's the best of a bad situation.

// I suppose we could use the TSA's machines, but they're expensive (OMG coddling criminals!) and may expose detainees to radiation (OMG 8th Amendment!), so I'm fine with doing it "manually"// "strip search" is different from cavity search (as I understand it)

Dr Dreidel:No, we shouldn't. Hey, I'm all for preserving dignity as much as possible, but when you're processed into a detention center, they absolutely should strip-search you to find and remove weapons and contraband, but also so that everyone knows exactly what condition you were in when you got there.

I think that, if we would just pass some laws banning weapons from jail facilities, the problem will pretty much solve itself and any sort of searches will be redundant and therefore unnecessary.

nmrsnr:AverageAmericanGuy: My understanding is that the police in America can do anything they want and resisting them is illegal. The only recourse you have is to sue them after the fact.

This is just plain false. Why do people conflate capability with authority? It's like saying "my understanding is that in America people can break into your house, beat you up, and steal your stuff. The only recourse you have is to press charges against them afterwards."

Police can't do whatever they want, and you are legally allowed to stop them from doing anything outside the scope of their authority.

Wow, I didn't think it was possible to sound richer or whiter in print.

BigNumber12:Dr Dreidel: No, we shouldn't. Hey, I'm all for preserving dignity as much as possible, but when you're processed into a detention center, they absolutely should strip-search you to find and remove weapons and contraband, but also so that everyone knows exactly what condition you were in when you got there.

I think that, if we would just pass some laws banning weapons from jail facilities, the problem will pretty much solve itself and any sort of searches will be redundant and therefore unnecessary.

I think you're overthinking the problem. We just just pass a law banning people from breaking laws, and then we won't need jails at all.

Fano:lemortede: Need_MindBleach: lemortede: I honestly dont know why this was even an issue.The worker was not an US citizen. Why in the world would we expect an Indian citizen to pay another Indian citizen US wages just because they are in the US working as an agent of their government.Stupid. The cost of labor is so cheap over there the person was probably happy to have a freaking job.

Ok, cool. We'll have one minimum wage for American citizens, and another, rock bottom one for foreigners working in this country, since you know, they come from shiatholes anyway. I'm sure there will be no problems or abuses stemming from this system, and the American lower classes won't complain about their labor being undercut at all.

How about this? If the Indian government official wasn't being paid enough as a diplomat to hire a maid in the US, maybe she could....I dunno, clean her own apartment?

Have you even been out of the US.Don't get me wrong, I think that the wealth gap in India is obscene, but is it really our place to impose anything?The mentality that we have here in the US is astounding."Oh, we think it should be that way so the whole world should do it that way too."

You understand that you are defending SLAVERY,right?

I don't know that I would go so far as to call it slavery. There is a definate cost of living difference between the US and Inida.Most of us could live like kings on our salaries there. Does that make us bad? We leverage that purchasing power quite a bit.....The person got a wage, we would consider it too low for the US.In India the wage is average or above....Why should our social economic market and cost of living be imposed on everyone in the world? It doesn't cost the same to live there.You are imposing first world standards and your cost of living expectations on what is literally third world life styles in much of the country.Again, you are complaining about things from a first world perspective. Odds are this person lost their job because of this.Way to go.

lemortede:I don't know that I would go so far as to call it slavery. There is a definate cost of living difference between the US and Inida.Most of us could live like kings on our salaries there. Does that make us bad? We leverage that purchasing power quite a bit.....The person got a wage, we would consider it too low for the US.In India the wage is average or above....Why should our social economic market and cost of living be imposed on everyone in the world? It doesn't cost the same to live there.You are imposing first world standards and your cost of living expectations on what is literally third world life styles in much of the country.Again, you are complaining about things from a first world perspective. Odds are this person lost their job because of this.Way to go.

nmrsnr:AverageAmericanGuy: My understanding is that the police in America can do anything they want and resisting them is illegal. The only recourse you have is to sue them after the fact.

This is just plain false. Why do people conflate capability with authority? It's like saying "my understanding is that in America people can break into your house, beat you up, and steal your stuff. The only recourse you have is to press charges against them afterwards."

Police can't do whatever they want, and you are legally allowed to stop them from doing anything outside the scope of their authority.

lemortede:Fano: lemortede: Need_MindBleach: lemortede: I honestly dont know why this was even an issue.The worker was not an US citizen. Why in the world would we expect an Indian citizen to pay another Indian citizen US wages just because they are in the US working as an agent of their government.Stupid. The cost of labor is so cheap over there the person was probably happy to have a freaking job.

Ok, cool. We'll have one minimum wage for American citizens, and another, rock bottom one for foreigners working in this country, since you know, they come from shiatholes anyway. I'm sure there will be no problems or abuses stemming from this system, and the American lower classes won't complain about their labor being undercut at all.

How about this? If the Indian government official wasn't being paid enough as a diplomat to hire a maid in the US, maybe she could....I dunno, clean her own apartment?

Have you even been out of the US.Don't get me wrong, I think that the wealth gap in India is obscene, but is it really our place to impose anything?The mentality that we have here in the US is astounding."Oh, we think it should be that way so the whole world should do it that way too."

You understand that you are defending SLAVERY,right?

I don't know that I would go so far as to call it slavery. There is a definate cost of living difference between the US and Inida.Most of us could live like kings on our salaries there. Does that make us bad? We leverage that purchasing power quite a bit.....The person got a wage, we would consider it too low for the US.In India the wage is average or above....Why should our social economic market and cost of living be imposed on everyone in the world? It doesn't cost the same to live there.You are imposing first world standards and your cost of living expectations on what is literally third world life styles in much of the country.Again, you are complaining about things from a first world perspective. Odds are this person lost their j ...